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The Download Now link yields the Snow-Leopard version. For versions compatible with older versions of the operating system, see Related Links below.
DESCRIPTION
Path Finder is a file browser that combines the familiar Finder interface with the powerful utilities and innovative features.

Just a small selection of the Path Finder 5 feature set:

  • Dual pane file browser
  • Tabs to quickly manage multiple locations on your hard drive in one window
  • Reorder how your files are listed to suit your personal preferences
  • View invisible files and navigate inside of Mac OS X packages quickly and easily
  • Access your frequently used folders, files, and applications with the Shelf, and save multiple Shelf setups to suit different activities
  • Pause drag-and-drop operations by putting files into the Drop Stack for future use
  • Create and convert disk images
  • Access the OS X command line
  • Much, much more!
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 5.5.5:
  • List view now has a Comments column.
  • Sorting the Sort By and List view columns menus.
  • Stationery files now duplicate before opening like Finder.
  • Setting Spotlight Comments no longer launches Finder.
  • Updated Italian localization.
  • Services menu now in the Contextual menu.
  • Updated to handle more Services.
  • Text drawing updated to CoreText.
  • Added a menu item to change to a custom svn tool path for Subversion.
  • Hitting the escape key now deselects all in the browser.
  • Added zoom gestures to icon view.
  • Fixed some window resize animations to CoreAnimation.
  • Fixed column view when double click on icon is enabled.
  • Fixed a sidebar redrawing issue when dragging in a new item.
  • Fixed a problem with BBEdit.
  • Fixed a problem with the rename editor in list view.
REQUIREMENTS
  • Version 5.5.4: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
  • Version 5.2.2: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
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Developer:Cocoatech
Downloads:133,941
  - Version d/l:1,753
Utilities:File Management
License:Shareware
Date:30 Oct 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$39.95
RATING
****.
DEVELOPER POLL
Q: What is your favorite Path Finder feature?
Drop Stack
Dual-pane browser
Built-in Terminal
Tabs & bookmarks
Application launcher
File selection & filtering tools
Preview pane & drawers
OTHER PEOPLE SUGGEST
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Path Finder User Reviews (225 posts)Write A Review
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Nov 5 2009
****.

KEIRMEISTER  I'm amending my previous review. I can confirm that DropBox was indeed the culprit. Since I got rid of its CM plugin, Path Finder has been absolutely wonderful again!  
(Version 5.5.5)

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+1
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Oct 30 2009

W100D001  Fantastic finder navigation! Love the concept.

However folder contents do not update for me.

I export to PDF out of InDesign to a folder and those PDF's do not show using Path Finder.

As well as when I change a folder name, it will not show the new name but it will show the new name when using the Apple Finder. Bueller... Bueller?  
(Version 5.5.5)

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0
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Oct 30 2009
**...

KEIRMEISTER  I love Path Finder and what it can do. I've had it for a little while now. But I gotta say, things have gone South a bit since Snow Leopard. The last version would hang when I selected a large group of files. I just upgraded to v5.5.5 and now, when I try to use the contextual menu on a .jpg on the desktop, Path Finder just beach balls. So simple a function should not cause this much trouble.  
(Version 5.5.5)

praisebury
-2
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Nov 5 2009

COCOATECH  If you have Dropbox installed, its contextual menu interferes with Path Finder 5.5.5. The Dropbox teams should have a fix out soon.  
(Version 5.5.5)

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0

Oct 30 2009

JEFFREY MCPHEETERS  with 5.5.5 and Mac OS 10.6.1 I'm getting a spinning beachball when ever I attempt to initiate a contextual menu. While somewhat slow in 5.5.4, at least it worked. I have to force quit PF 5.5.5 if I attempt a CMM.  
(Version 5.5.5)

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Nov 5 2009

COCOATECH  The Dropbox contextual menu plugin interferes with Path Finder 5.5.5 and causes the app to hang. The Dropbox team is working on a fix.  
(Version 5.5.5)

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Oct 30 2009
*****

DAN_EX_JAPAN  I've used PathFinder from their Day One - so long ago that I don't remember what it was called when first released. It was Good then, it is Essential now. Cocoatech fixes what needs to be fixed with a persistence that is impressive - and has done so since the beginning. This app is a labor of love and it shows in that it is continually improved. Given that Apple can not and will not change the Finder to make it as complex and versatile as PathFinder - this is The One for those who need more than the Finder offers. PathFinder takes my Mac experience to a whole new level of utility and usability. If I wore a hat I'd tip it to Cocoatech every time I sat down in front of my Mac.

To put this mini-review into perspective - I've been using Macs exclusively since 1986. I now have a Black iBook, a 2 ghz Mini with 24" Apple Monitor and a 2.66 ghz 20" iMac. These are #s 27, 28 and 29 in a long list of Macs that I've bought, used and loved. I also love PathFinder. Considering that I've bought every new OS upgrade since the introduction of OS X (after having waited in line to get the free demo version on introduction) and only had to pay the initial cost and one upgrade license for PathFinder in the approximate same time - I consider PathFinder a genuine bargain!  
(Version 5.5.5)

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Oct 10 2009
**...

MACSWEEP  I have tried this app, but it would crash or hang several times a day. I emailed to developer on several occasions, but they could not give me any help. They just said they could not test every model of Mac and those were the breaks.

I uninstalled it, but, since then, every once-in-a-while I get something weird going on with an application or something in the System and I track it down to a file or pref file that is trying to reference PathFinder.

Hope they get the bugs worked out. This app seems like it has such great potential.  
(Version 5.5.4)

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+4
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Oct 6 2009
*****

MAGENTIS  Once you take the time to play around with all the features and customize it to your needs, PathFinder is an excellent tool. There are so many built-in utilities and functions that I'm still discovering new things after years of daily use.

Most of the Snow Leopard issues seem to be ironed out now. My only real complaint is that PathFinder sometimes chokes when trying to move around a large number of files.

I'm sure it's no easy task for a small team to maintain such a complex program. They have my respect and my recommendation.   
(Version 5.5.4)

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Oct 6 2009

MAJOR MAUSER  5.5.4

Icon Containers in Candybar show up clipped in Preview.  
(Version 5.5.4)

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Sep 30 2009

SHOCK J  Icon previews are STILL broken...PF 5.5.3, Mac OS X 10.6.1. Good grief already.  
(Version 5.5.3)

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Oct 6 2009

COCOATECH  If you're referring to the visual noise that occasionally appears around icons, we're sorry that it's taking us so long to fix. We've so far been unable to reproduce the issue on a half dozen test Macs, but once we find a reproducible case we should be able to fix it rather quickly.  
(Version 5.5.4)

praisebury
+1

Sep 28 2009

FVDG  Just ONE thing missing...

It now remembers a per window setting for icon setting etc... BUT it STILL can not remember a window position (size or second display etc).

If this feature is added it will be my new finder.  
(Version 5.5.2)

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+2
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